“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ~William Arthur Ward
As an educator, I hope to teach students how to learn and to learn for themselves. I want to keep students engaged in the content materials and help them find their inner motivation to push themselves to succeed. As a science teacher, I want students to learn about science and understand that it is part of their everyday life. I want to help them make connections with the content and find practical application with my lessons. I hope to be a great science teacher who inspires her students as some of my former teachers have inspired me.
Through differentiated instruction, I can create a classroom environment that will nourish students to become active learners. Differentiated instruction involves providing students with multiple ways to learning the subject, and accommodating students' diverse learning styles. I can start to accomplish this by balancing between lectures and laboratory activities. I can also include authentic inquiry assessments, where students interact with science in a hands-on manner and do science as scientists do. This approach will ensure that students have a way to apply what they have learned in the classroom to the real world.
I will continue working on my professional development, and improve my teaching techniques and strategies that will be most beneficial for my students. I will reflect on my teaching and recognize which parts of my lessons worked well and which parts could be improved. My reflections will also help me adapt my lesson plans to suit the needs of my students as they may change from year to year. With personal reflections, I will also measure my teaching effectiveness through student success, with formal and informal assessments. The formal assessments will show me what students have learned over a long period of time, while my informal assessments will be indicators of student learning in the moment.
In order to apply differentiated instruction and best practice in the classroom, I need to know my students and I hope that I can build strong relationships with them. I do not expect all my students to love science the way I do, but I hope that I can be a trusted adult in the school community who they feel comfortable with and can talk to and ask for advice. I want to get to know my students beyond their grades and learn what makes them tick. By better understanding the person behind the student, I will be able to cater my lessons and assessments to better suit their interests and needs. I can use examples that helps make connections between content and student understanding.
Teaching may be just a job to some people, but it is more than just a job to me. It is important to have educators who can teach more than just the content to students. I find it rewarding to know that I could potentially inspire and influence students to achieve their goals as my teachers have inspired and influenced me. My ultimate goal would be to teach students to be lifelong learners. Having the opportunity to educate the future generations of students motivates me to work hard to go beyond a good teacher, and reach for that "great teacher" status. By continually improving my instructional strategies and by getting to know my students, I can be that great teacher who inspires her students to learn.
As an educator, I hope to teach students how to learn and to learn for themselves. I want to keep students engaged in the content materials and help them find their inner motivation to push themselves to succeed. As a science teacher, I want students to learn about science and understand that it is part of their everyday life. I want to help them make connections with the content and find practical application with my lessons. I hope to be a great science teacher who inspires her students as some of my former teachers have inspired me.
Through differentiated instruction, I can create a classroom environment that will nourish students to become active learners. Differentiated instruction involves providing students with multiple ways to learning the subject, and accommodating students' diverse learning styles. I can start to accomplish this by balancing between lectures and laboratory activities. I can also include authentic inquiry assessments, where students interact with science in a hands-on manner and do science as scientists do. This approach will ensure that students have a way to apply what they have learned in the classroom to the real world.
I will continue working on my professional development, and improve my teaching techniques and strategies that will be most beneficial for my students. I will reflect on my teaching and recognize which parts of my lessons worked well and which parts could be improved. My reflections will also help me adapt my lesson plans to suit the needs of my students as they may change from year to year. With personal reflections, I will also measure my teaching effectiveness through student success, with formal and informal assessments. The formal assessments will show me what students have learned over a long period of time, while my informal assessments will be indicators of student learning in the moment.
In order to apply differentiated instruction and best practice in the classroom, I need to know my students and I hope that I can build strong relationships with them. I do not expect all my students to love science the way I do, but I hope that I can be a trusted adult in the school community who they feel comfortable with and can talk to and ask for advice. I want to get to know my students beyond their grades and learn what makes them tick. By better understanding the person behind the student, I will be able to cater my lessons and assessments to better suit their interests and needs. I can use examples that helps make connections between content and student understanding.
Teaching may be just a job to some people, but it is more than just a job to me. It is important to have educators who can teach more than just the content to students. I find it rewarding to know that I could potentially inspire and influence students to achieve their goals as my teachers have inspired and influenced me. My ultimate goal would be to teach students to be lifelong learners. Having the opportunity to educate the future generations of students motivates me to work hard to go beyond a good teacher, and reach for that "great teacher" status. By continually improving my instructional strategies and by getting to know my students, I can be that great teacher who inspires her students to learn.